Hate Crime

hate crime

• What is hate crime?
• What is the scale of the problem?
• How does it impact children ,young people, families and communities?
• How can you protect yourself and others?

What will be covered in this session?

What do these words mean to you?

What do you already know about 'hate crime'?

What does hate crime look like?

This video is from 2013, and these are still issues our communities are experiencing today. How does this make you feel? How can we support eachother where we live?

• Frankie had severe learning difficulties.
• More than a decade of abuse and bullying from local teenagers.
• Groups of up to 16 young people pelted their home with flour, eggs and stones and shouted abuse every night.
• Fiona was eventually driven to commit suicide by setting fire to her car while she and Frankie were sitting side by side in the back.
• I have just given up,” she wrote. “I am just not cut out to take this much harassment

Fiona and Frankie Pilkington

True story...

Why does hate crime matter?

What is online hate crime?

Create screen shots of all harassment • Block the person or people harassing you • Have your friends/relatives block the people as well • If the person calls you, do not answer the phone • Do not respond to the person • Provide the evidence and report it to the social media platform. If you are being harassed: • You can report this as the victim to the police.

What can you do?

Can you think of any examples?

• Online Hate includes texts, images, videos and audio – or a combination of these. It can include Cyberbullying, Cyberstalking, harassing people and encouraging others to commit violence.

https://www.merseyside.police.uk/ro/report/hate-crime/triage/v1/report-hate-crime/

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